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Psyche 
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figured, clothed with steel grey pollinosity which shows a median 
ill-defined blackish area in middle of frons in certain lights. Tubercle 
at vertex with clear vestiges of ocelli, surrounded by a semi-bare area 
thinly clothed with dark pollinosity. Callus and median ridge black, 
shiny. Subcallus pollinose, slightly yellowish tinged, and at sides 
somewhat more brownish. Fronto-clypeus and genae steel grey pol- 
linose, the sparse beard whitish. Antennae as figured, the first seg- 
ment dark brown, thinly pollinose, black-haired; second segment 
orange, black-haired; third segment reddish orange on basal two- 
thirds of basal plate, the apex blackish, with an ill-defined blackish 
streak in middle; style black. Palpi as figured, dull yellowish in 
ground color, whitish pollinose, and clothed with sparse long brassy 
hairs basally, shorter black hairs on apical two-thirds. Proboscis 
slightly longer than palpi, the labella large, soft, pollinose, blackish. 
Mesonotum blackish-brown in ground color, grey pruinose an- 
teriorly and with a pair of grey pruinose dorsolateral stripes. Noto- 
pleural lobes and area around wing bases slightly paler. Vestiture 
sparse, of short pale hairs. Scutellum concolorous, its posterior bor- 
der with paler pruinosity. Pleura paler, brownish, pale pollinose and 
largely pale-haired. Coxae and femora blackish in ground color, pale 
pollinose and sparsely pale-haired. Fore tibiae yellowish on basal 
half, blackish distally, remaining femora yellowish, sparsely pale- 
haired basally, dark-haired apically. No hind tibial fringe. Fore 
tarsi black, remainder yellow basally, the terminal segments dusky. 
Halteres with pale stem, knob largely blackish, except extreme apex 
paler. Wings as figured, the costal cell dark yellow, clouds brown. 
Basicosta without macrotrichiae, acutely pointed. Costa without basal 
groove. 
Abdomen blackish-brown in ground color, the posterior borders 
of all tergites, except seventh, broadly whitish. First and second ter- 
gites slightly paler at sides. Pollinosity thin, dark on dark areas, 
yellowish white on pale hind borders. In addition, sides of first and 
second tergites, and faint broad median triangles are grey pollinose. 
Hairs are sparse, but reflect the underlying colors, dark on dark areas, 
yellowish on pale areas, including the indefinite median triangles. 
Beneath the abdomen is paler, with less contrast in basal colors, 
wholly pale pollinose and pale haired. 
Holotype 9 Cuba, Sierra Maestra, Pico Turquino, Oriente, 14-8- 
1965, P. Stary coll. To be deposited in M.C.Z. 
Paratypes, 3 $ Sierra Cristal, Cayo Verde, 20-8-1965, P. Stary; 
4 9, Cupeyal, Oriente, 23-3-1965, P. Stary; 3 9 Cupeyal, sev., od 
